Bronze kesarah (punchee), Ibrahim Shah (1528-29), Kashmir Sultanate, India (K78)

Al-Sultan / Al-Azam / Ibrahim, with a horizontal line with a knot above the Sultan's name // Zarb Kashmir. 18mm, 5.42 grams. Goron/Goenka "The Coins of the Indian Sultanates" #K78.

Ibrahim Shah of Kashmir (1528–1529) was a short-lived ruler of the Shah Mir dynasty, elevated to the throne during a period of intense factional rivalry among Kashmir’s powerful nobles. His brief reign formed part of the prolonged political instability of the early 16th century, when competing factions repeatedly deposed and restored members of the royal family, particularly during the struggles surrounding Muhammad Shah.